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Draft Selections
Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CAR)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CAR)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CAR)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (CAR)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
Gunnar Helm Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (CAR)
Gunnar Helm
TE Texas
Jacob Parrish Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (CAR)
Jacob Parrish
CB Kansas State
Oluwafemi Oladejo Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (CAR)
Oluwafemi Oladejo
LB-EDGE UCLA
Que Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (CAR)
Que Robinson
LB-EDGE Alabama
Phil Mafah Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (CAR)
Phil Mafah
RB Clemson
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Panthers a B-.

The Panthers clearly saw something nobody else did in Oluwafemi Oladejo, taking him 92 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

However the rest shakes out, Mafah at that price is a win they earned. They will regret leaving linebacker for another day if the season turns on it. They will answer for taking interior defensive lineman early while linebacker, offensive lineman and other spots went begging.

Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 5 of 9 of the wish list covered.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Mason Graham
In pick 8 they get a disruptive interior force. Need was not the driver here.
Pick57 Rnd2 T.J. Sanders
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, T.J. Sanders adds an interior defensive lineman and leaves linebacker, offensive lineman and other spots untouched.
Pick74 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
Good price on Jayden Higgins in slot 74, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick111 Rnd4 Savion Williams
Savion Williams in Round 4, Pick 9 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick114 Rnd4 Gunnar Helm
A tight end of that caliber at No. 114 is the definition of value, full stop. The roster fit checks out.
Pick140 Rnd5 Jacob Parrish
A tidy bit of business in the 140th overall pick, where Jacob Parrish graded well above the range. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick146 Rnd5 Oluwafemi Oladejo
They left a pile of value on the table to take Oluwafemi Oladejo this early at pick 146. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick163 Rnd5 Que Robinson
Que Robinson in the 163rd pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick227 Rnd7 Phil Mafah
They will replay Phil Mafah at slot 227 for years; that is how good the value is. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.